| 词汇 | pick |
| 释义 | pick verb uk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/ pickverb (CHOOSE)B1[ T ] to take some things and leave others: 挑选;选择 Pick a card from the pack.从这纸牌中挑出一张。 be picked forOne of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team.我的一个姐姐入选了奥运代表队。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]She was picked to play for the team.她被选中代表该队参赛。 The committee will pick the successful candidate from a short list of four. pick someone outThe police asked him if he could pick out the killer from a series of photos.警察问他能否从一组照片中认出凶手。 pick something out of a hatThe fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat (= without looking or choosing). be picked at randomThe winning lottery numbers will be picked at random (= without choosing). pick your wayThey picked their way (= carefully chose a route) down the broken steps.他们小心翼翼地走下断裂的台阶。 pick a winnerHe's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful).他在判断谁能获胜方面很有眼力。 Synonyms choose elect select to choose or choose to do something chooseThere are thirty-one flavours of ice cream to choose from. pickHe's been picked for the school football team. selectWe've selected three candidates. opt (for)Mike's opted for early retirement. decide (on)I've decided on blue walls for the bathroom. go forUKI think I'll go for the chocolate cake. pick and chooseoften disapproving to take some things but not others: 挑挑拣拣;精挑细选 The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take.最有钱的大学可以对生源精挑细选。 I was never picked for the school football team. I asked him which pastry he wanted and he picked an almond croissant. I gave her a choice of several toys and she picked a doll. Of all the gorgeous clothes in the shop she picked a really plain grey sweater. Do you want to help me pick some numbers for my lottery ticket. Taking and choosing adopt adopted adoption appoint bags I...idiom be your best betidiom cull empanel faute de mieux favoured filterable first choice picker Robin Hood select selection selective selectively skim you pays your money and you takes your choice/chanceidiom pickverb (REMOVE)B1[ I or T ] to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers: 从…上剔除，从…摘下 pick something off somethingI picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit.我从闪闪发亮的黑色套装上拽掉一根绒毛。 The doctor used a probe to pick the wax out of my ear. pick atThe child continued picking at a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers).那个孩子不停地抓挠他腿上的疮。 pick your noseHe kept picking his nose (= removing mucus from it with his finger).他在不停地掏鼻孔。 B1[ T ] When you pick flowers or fruit, you take them off a plant or tree: （从植物或树上）采，摘 They were picking strawberries for twelve hours a day.他们每天摘12小时的草莓。 I picked some roses this morning.今天早上我摘了一些玫瑰。 pick something from somethingMachines pick the fruit from the trees. pick something off somethingWe picked some elderberries off a branch. [ T ] to remove meat from the bones of a bird or animal : In the kitchen Maya was laboriously picking chickens. I store the meat, and throw the picked carcass, skin, etc. into the pot with water and some vegetables. [ + obj + adj ]The carcass had been picked clean(= all the flesh had been removed) by other animals and birds. You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die. I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.我常常会把被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。 He thought we'd been picking his apples and came after us with a stick. She sat there sulking and picking the pills off her sweater.她坐在那里生闷气，一个劲地拽着毛衣上的绒球。 The fruit is picked and artificially ripened before shipping.这种水果摘下来经过人工催熟再装运出去。 Removing and getting rid of things abandonment banish be scattered to the four windsidiom bin cast someone/something aside/away/off dumping eradication eradication of something erase erasure evacuate evacuate someone from something shedding shoo shrug shrug something off shuck sling toss turf You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Gardening - general words Removing and extracting Preparing food pickverb (PLAY INSTRUMENT)[ T ] When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument, you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note.弹拨，弹奏（吉他等弦乐器） Playing music accompaniment accompany air guitar beat something out beatbox blow finger pick someone/something out play (something) by earidiom playability playable pluck pump tap throw ultra-smooth una corda unperformable unperformed up bow GrammarFixed expressions with and We often use and in common fixed expressions. The order of the words cannot change: peace and quiet, pick and choose, come and go, knife and fork, black and white. … Pick or pick up? Pick means ‘remove small pieces of something from something else, usually with your hands’: … Idiomspick someone's brains pick someone's pocket pick yourself up off the floor pick a fight/quarrel/argument pick holes in something pick 'n' mix pick up what someone is putting down Phrasal verbspick at something pick someone/something off pick on someone pick someone/something out pick something out pick over something pick through something pick someone/something up pick something up pick (something) up pick someone up pick up (something) pick someone up on something pick up on something pick noun uk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/ picknoun (CHOICE)[ U ] choice: 挑选;选择 You can have first pick of the desserts.你可以头一个挑选甜点。 [ C ] a thing or person chosen, especially a player chosen to play for a sports team: He was expected to be one of the top 10 picks in the upcoming draft. have your pick to have a large choice available: 可以挑选;任意挑选 have your pick of somethingThe plane was fairly empty so we had our pick of seats.飞机很空，所以我们可以自由选择座位。 take your pick to choose the one(s) you want from the different types available: 挑选，选择 The shirts come in five different colours - just take your pick.这种衬衣有5种不同的颜色——你随便挑吧。 Taking and choosing adopt adopted adoption appoint bags I...idiom be your best betidiom cull empanel faute de mieux favoured filterable first choice picker Robin Hood select selection selective selectively skim you pays your money and you takes your choice/chanceidiom picknoun (TOOL)[ C ] a pickaxe: 镐;鹤嘴锄（同 pickaxe） picks and shovels镐和铲 merlinpf/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ C ] especially in combinations, a sharp pointed tool: 牙签 a toothpick牙签 Tools -pronged adjustable spanner adze Allen key auger awl excavator gavel gimlet gouge grapnel grappling iron grindstone plunger prong rasp razor knife reamer sander trowel picknoun (IN MUSIC)[ C ] a small, thin piece of plastic, metal, etc. that is held between the fingers and thumb and is used for playing instruments such as the guitar Synonym plectrummainly UK Matthew Bosco/EyeEm/GettyImages Musical instruments accordion acoustically aerophone alphorn alto drum kit drum machine drumbeat drumhead drumroll ocarina oud over-pedal panpipes paradiddle tuned tuning fork tuning peg ukulele unpitched picknoun (SPORT)[ C ] in American football, an interception(= an occasion when a player catches the ball as it is being passed between two players of the opposing team): The quarterback threw a pick in the fourth quarter. The strong safety made a pick and returned it for a touchdown. [ C ] in basketball, a move in which a player positions themselves between a player from their team who has the ball and a defending player from the opposing team: You've got to be moving without the ball, making back cuts, and setting picks. The best players are masters at utilizing picks to create space for open shots. Synonym screen Related word pick-and-roll American football attempt audibilize back judge blitz blocker bootleg dime flare flea-flicker formation forward pass forward progress free play point after pulling blocker pump-fake punt return specialist returner turnover You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Basketball, netball & volleyball Idiomthe pick of something pick | American Dictionarypick verb[ T ] us/pɪk/ pickverb[T] (CHOOSE)to take some things and leave others: She’s been picked for the Olympic team. We finally picked February 14 as the date for our wedding. pickverb[T] (REMOVE)to remove or move something with your fingers or hands: I picked a piece of lint off my suit. We picked apples yesterday. Idiomspick a fight pick and choose pick someone’s brain pick someone’s pocket pick up steam pick up the tab (for something) pick your way somewhere the pick of something Phrasal verbspick at something pick off someone/something pick on someone pick out something/someone pick over something pick through something pick up pick up something/someone pick up someone/something pick up something pick up someone pick up (something) pick up on something pick up on something pick noun us/pɪk/ picknoun (MUSIC TOOL)[ C ] a thin piece of plastic or metal used to pull at the strings of a guitar picknoun (DIGGING TOOL)[ C ] a pickax, or a sharp, pointed tool: They worked with a pick and shovel. picknoun (THING TO CHOOSE)[ C/U ] a choice, or something that is chosen: [ U ]Mick gets first pick of where to sit. [ C ]Here are my picks for the ten best restaurants. pick | Business Englishpick verb[ T ] uk /pɪk/us COMMERCE to choose items that have been ordered by a customer: He picked goods into pallets for the delivery. Your groceries will be carefully picked, packed, and delivered to your door. FINANCE, STOCK MARKET to choose particular shares in which to invest: If you pick stocks thoughtfully and hold them patiently, your gains should be considerable. PRODUCTION to remove fruit, cotton, etc. from a tree or plant when it is ready: Immigrants do much of the menial labor in town, picking fruit, cleaning hotel rooms, and sweeping the sidewalk. See alsocherry-pick Phrasal verbspick up pick sth up pick noun[ C ] uk /pɪk/us FINANCE, STOCK MARKET particular shares that you choose to invest in: His stock picks rose 112% last year. What's his secret? Examples of pickpick This form of ' differentiation ' would not be picked up using the usual sources of social history such as assessments of wealth or occupation. Barely able to talk, she phones the preschool to tell them she will soon pick up her child. For instance, how could she possibly decide which of two visual objects to pick up when she cannot identify the objects? Two additional slide sensors are positioned on the body (figure 2), enacted by the picking hand to shape the playback of live and recorded sounds. The target is picked up by the mechanical micromanipulator with the pipette quite easily. That swarms of mosquitos (like other insects) are thus picked up, presumably by ascending air-currents, and deposited a long way off is extremely probable. More recent incongruity theorists have begun to pick up on the sociological importance of this kind of deviation from expectation. If a solution exists it can be found immediately by picking the ' 'right' ' assignment at each stage. The mistaken assumption was that the concepts of religion and politics can only be intelligible if they pick out some real essence. We have extended this heuristic so that the nodes that are already without a route are picked first (when they exist). In reality, they might of course also pick up cues from opinion leaders or the media in order to form their regime preference. It is harder to pick out experts in moral and political matters than it is in medical or musical matters. Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged to refrain from picking our respective noses in public places. Morality picks up what the epistemology leaves off. We wanted the microphone to pick up the parent's speech but not to pick up much of the background noise. See all examples of pick These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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